A new 296-detector 90 GHz TES bolometer array for CLASS achieves uniform properties, 16 μK√s NET, 0.37 optical efficiency, and a 41% mapping speed boost after addressing blue-leak radiation.
The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS): 38 GHz detector array of bolometric polarimeters
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The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) experiment aims to map the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at angular scales larger than a few degrees. Operating from Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it will observe over 65% of the sky at 38, 93, 148, and 217 GHz. In this paper we discuss the design, construction, and characterization of the CLASS 38 GHz detector focal plane, the first ever Q-band bolometric polarimeter array.
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Detectors for CLASS-W2: The second 90 GHz telescope of the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor
A new 296-detector 90 GHz TES bolometer array for CLASS achieves uniform properties, 16 μK√s NET, 0.37 optical efficiency, and a 41% mapping speed boost after addressing blue-leak radiation.